Police & Fire: Woman shot; details sketchy

GUN FOUND: A Battle Creek man, 24, was arrested on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon in his car after a traffic stop about 12:03 p.m. Sunday. Battle Creek police said the man was stopped for speeding and then determined he had a warrant from Springfield and also was driving with a suspended license. Police said they also found an unloaded handgun behind the seat of his pickup truck and he was arrested on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon.

ROBBERY: A Battle Creek man, 28, told Battle Creek police he was robbed of $15 outside his home in the 100 block of Post Avenue about 4 p.m. Saturday. The man said he was taking out the trash when he was approached by a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt. The victim said the man asked for a light for a cigarette and when the victim reached in his pocked for his lighter the man in the sweatshirt grabbed him around the neck and then pulled out a handgun and demanded his money. The gunman ran from the scene after the victim handed over some cash. He told the police he was not able to call for about 30 minutes because he was babysitting and didn't have a phone and had to wait for his girlfriend to return.

WOMAN SHOT: Battle Creek police said reported a girl said she was shot in the leg about 1 a.m. Wednesday near High and Willow streets. Officers said the girl, 16, told them she was drinking with several other people and there was an argument and believes she was shot while walking away from the group. However she told police she never felt anything and didn't suspect any injury until her friend noticed blood on the back of her pants. She told officers she didn't think anything about it because she had no pain and only decided a couple days later to go to Bronson Battle Creek to have it checked. Doctors told her the small caliber bullet entered the front of her upper thigh and went out the back. She told police she didn't know who was at the gathering and couldn't tell them the address of her friend who noticed the blood.

ASSAULT: A Battle Creek man, 48, told Battle Creek police he was punched in the face about 12:21 p.m. Saturday by a man during a discussion about money owed for roofing work. The victim said he went to a house on Somerset Avenue to complain because the other man, 36, had not paid him. The victim said he was punched several times and pushed against a wall. Police were unable to find the other man.

PUNCHED: A Battle Creek man, 56, told Battle Creek police he was assaulted in the parking lot of a gas station in the 400 block of Capital Avenue Northeast about 1:24 pm. Saturday by a man he knows only as Kilo. The victim said he was approached by the man, who used to sell him drugs. Kilo asked if the man had anything for him, meaning money, and when the man said no, he told police the other man began swinging at him and punched him several times in the face.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Battle Creek police are seeking a warrant for a man, 29, after his girlfriend, 21, said she was assaulted in the 200 block of Cliff about 1:08 a.m. Sunday.